A Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border, prompting Ankara to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it and summon Moscow's ambassador in protest, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
Turkey, which has the second-largest army in NATO, said the Russian jet entered Turkish airspace south of the Hatay region on Saturday.
"(It) exited Turkish airspace into Syria after it was intercepted by two F-16s from the Turkish Air Force, which were conducting patrols in the region," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticised Russia's air strikes in Syria, launched last week, as a "grave mistake". Moscow says it aims to weaken Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) but Western powers see them as support for President Bashar al-Assad.
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